2LSCA - WEEK III: 16 - 22nd March, 2020 - Online Study for Prolonged School Closure

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1. The students were complaining because their Greek teacher didn’t let them have their break.
2. Because of the heavy rain, there were floods throughout the area.
3. Due to her great musical talent, Candice won the singing competition.
4. Harvey missed the bus given his getting up too late.
5. Brittany’s success is entirely owing to her determination and hard work.
6. Having already visited the shrine, I waited for my friends outside.

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1. I was driving slowly because of the very thick fog.
I was driving slowly due to the very thick fog.
2. Having some guests for dinner, I made a cake. As I have some guests for dinner, I made a cake.
3. They asked him to resign in view of his lack of responsibility.
They asked him to resign in view of the fact that he was irresponsible.
4. Given that she is afraid of dogs, I think Rose will not adopt a puppy!
Given her fear of dogs, I think Rose will not adopt a puppy.
5. Since it was Camilla’s birthday, we gave her a bunch of flowers.
We gave Camilla a bunch of flowers beacause it was her birthday.
6. Sean was worried because he had sent the wrong invoice.
Sean’s worry because of the wrong invoice he had sent.

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1. C. Jason got the sack owing to his always being late for work.
2. H. I didn’t accept that job because the pay was very low.
3. B. The match was interrupt due to the really bad weather condition.
4. I. The film premiere has been cancelled owing to a malfuntion in the computer system.
5. F. Probably the car accident was due to the thick fog and high speed.
6. E. I couldn’t see anything because i had left my glasses at home.
7. G. We couldn’t carry out any experiments because of the high costo f the project.
8. A. They stopped the restoration of the castle because of the director’s serious illness.

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1. Yesterday I lost my bus because of my getting up too late.
2. As the hotel was very nice, we decided to stay there two more nights.
3. Since everyone said that house was full of ghosts, no one wanted to buy it.
4. Given your love for swimming, you could build a nice swimming in your garden.
5. I couldn’t send any email due to a black out which had been lasting the whole yesterday afternoon.
6. Having lost my credit card, I went to the bank to block it.
7. Michele’s win is due to the fact that he has been training very hard for months.
8. Because of the earthquake, a lot of people saw their house falling down.

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1. No, in inglese “finché” non è seguito da una negazione e neanche in italiano lo è sempre. Un ulteriore differenza è che in italiano si usa il verbo al futuro dopo “finché”, mentre in inglese si usa al presente.
2. Benedetta deve usare “in case”, poiché in italiano significa “eventualmente”. “Eventually” invece è un false friend che significa “infine”.
3. Si possono usare “because of”, “owing to” oppure “due to”, poiché tutti e tre hanno il seguente significato “a causa di”.

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1. He went out so quickly that he didn't take off his slippers!
2. They are such a lot friendly people that it's pleasant to spend time with them.
3. Foxes are often killed for their fur. Therefore their number is decreasing.
4. The restaurant service was very bad. As a result the customers often complained about it.
5. The house had so few rooms that, when our third son was born, we decided to move.
6. So amazing was the view that we admired it in silence for a long time.

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1. The tsunami is melting gradually. As a consequence we have more and more floods.
2. Due to the number of factories in the area there were so many fumes that the air was unbreathable.
3. There has been such an increase in global warming that the weather has changed al over the world and there are frequent heatwaves even in generally cool areas.
4. Owing to changes in the weather there are so hurricanes and tornadoes nowadays that no area in the world seems to be as safe as it was in the past.
5. Such a lot of powerful was the ice cap that more than 150 kms of the coastline was swept away!
6. The volcano was still active but it hadn't erupted for 80 years. Therefore people were worried about it erupting.

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Cloud was alone for three hours so nobody control him.
He destroyed as a result three woollen cushions on the sofa.
There was so many objects all around the room that you couldn't walk into it.
Cloud played so much with the potting compost that the floor was all dirty.
He opened so many drawers that all the knives and forks were on the floor.
All the house was such in a mess that Jackie almost fainted.
Jackie was very tidy woman therefore she was furious and she begun shouting.
When Jackie began shouting so Cloud was frightened that it pees on the carpet!

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In the room nothing is in its place. There are so many crumbs on the floor, a few cinema ticket on the table and there is a little milk scattered on a chair.

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I have a lot of things to do for tomorrow, so I can't go to the beach.
The thunder was so strong that we thought it was a bomb.
There are so many services in this city that I can decide to move there.
The Parliament have just approved a law about fur. Consequently only the once concise can be product and sell.
Students have studied not much. As a result just a few of them have made a test.
Alexia hasn't understood that we would gone to an elegant restaurant. Therefore she has wore a pair fo jeans and a tshirt.